This is an analysis of the poem Wahonomin that begins with:

GREAT mother! from the depths of forest wilds,
From mountain pass and burning sunset plain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaXbdadeXfdagfXacgfhXgihXjXabkaaXjbcaaXlaaabXbAmnaXabgcfXoabaaXjfabmXlcjbaXaXadjXXcbfaXplpfgXbbeiXXJAaogXgaacaXabgfaXXncafXgjfoaXnnlalXDILDIXLamafXgjalaXgfpXaXbplqjXaemaoXfolbaXaaaflXfgaaaXpafalXcfkXqXnbaaXXegjmjXanabaXfqgJl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 227,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100010101 0101110111 11100010001 1001010101 0101000111 1 1001110001 0101111101 1011110101 1011011111 1101110101 1 1101010111 1101110111 1001010111 0100111111 1110010111 1 10111010001 0101011111 0101111101 1111110111 01011110001 1 0100110101 00111100111 1101111011 01001101110 1101111110 1 1101010101 0101111111 1110110111 0111111111 1100010001 1 1101010111 1001010111 1001110101 0101100101 0111010111 1 0111110101 1001010101 1110010101 1111111101 0111011111 1 1111110001 1100010001 1111011001 11010101101 1100110101 1 0111110001 1001110101 0011010101 1101110111 1111010111 1 110100101010 01001011101 1001010101 11010010110 1111111101 1 1100011111 0111010111 1101110001 11000101010 1101010001 1 0101110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101010001 1100000101 1 1111110101 11111111110 1101110110 101110101001 1001011011 1 011011111010 1101110111 11111001010 11011010111 1001011101 1 1011110011 0101111101 110100111001 1101110111 1101010001 1 01110111010 1111110001 1101111011 11011100101 1101010011 1 1100011101 1100010001 0111010011 111101010110 1100010101 1 01010001101 11010000101 1101110111 1111111111 0111110101 1 1111110001 10110111010 1001011001 0101000101 1111110111 1 11001111111 1111011101 1001110101 1110010111 1100010101 1 11010100111 0111111101 1111110111 11110101010 1101000101 1 1011110101 1101001111 1111010101 1010111010111 1111110101 1 11011111001 1101011111 0011110101 11011111001 1101011111 1 0011110101 1111110111 1101111111 1101110111 1111010101 1 1101010111 1001011001 1011110101 0101010101 1111111100 1 1111010101 1111110011 1111110101 010011111100 1101111101 1 0101010111 11001110011 0111111001 1101110101 0101010101 1 01001010101 10101111101 0101011111 0100010101 0101101101010 1 1001011101 11111101010 1001010101 1101110001 1101110001 1 0111011111 0111111101 1001011101 11001010011 0101110111 1 1111011101 0101010111 0111011101 1101011101 01011100101 1 0101010101 1101110001 1100010111 1100010111 01010100101 1 0111110001 1111011101 0111011111 00101011101 01000010111 1 1100010011 1111011101 1101010001 01110101001 010111110100 1 10001100011111 0110110111 0111000101 0101111111 1111110101 1 0101111101 0011011101 1001010001 0111010111 1101110100 1 0001011101 1111110101 0100010111 1100011101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8785
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1644
  • Amount of lines: 227
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, they, their, thy, one, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, we, and are repeated.

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